Rob Tornoe Posts

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), one of the leaders of the civil rights movement, responded to remarks made by right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh indicating Lewis would not "have been beat upside the head" during the march to Selma in 1965 if he had a gun.

South Carolina better prepare for a dose of truthiness. The state's upcoming congressional race already promised to be exciting, with disgraced former Governor Mark Sanford, fresh on the heels of his sultry trips up and down the Application Trail, deciding to attempt a political comeback.

Virginia state delegate Joe Morrissey (D-Highland Springs) pulled out an AK-47 on the floor of the state's House of Delegates on Thursday, in an attempt to rally support for a bill that would ban assault weapons in the state.

With revenues down and residents weary of ever-increasing local taxes, some states have made a push to privatize services in recent years to save money. In New Jersey, a small town could become the first municipality in the state to privatize 911 police dispatching services.

The NRA has released a vicious attack ad that goes after Obama's children and calls him an "elitist hypocrite" for protecting them with "armed guards." Apparently, Obama is an "elitist" and a "hypocrite" for having Secret Service protection while American families do not.

A graphic created by the Wall Street Journal might help explain the conservative mindset about cutting taxes for the rich. Despite writing about the effect tax increases will have for the poor, apparently no one in their world makes under $100,000 a year.

The NRA has made it its mission to force the blame of gun violence onto everything except guns. Following the tragic shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 children and six adults were gunned down, NRA president Wayne LaPierre was quick to place the blame on the influence of violent video games.

When the Obama administration made the promise to respond to any "We the People" petitions on the White House Web site that attracted at least 25,000 signatures, I bet they never imagined having to feild a request to "begin construction of a Death Star" by 2016.

If only certain lawmakers valued the First Amendment as much as they do the Second. Wisconsin Assembly leaders came to an agreement Thursday to eliminate the body's all-night sessions, but Republicans were able to force through stricter rules on Capitol visitors, banning everything from cellphones to newspapers.

They may refer to themselves as the invisible empire, but at least in Virginia, the Ku Klux Klan have stepped up recruitment to Richmond-area residents. And according to the Grand Dragon, they have one person to thank - President Obama.

In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart took on the right's refusal to take up the topic of gun control, targeting everything from Fox News to NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre's contention that gun violence can be blamed on everything but guns.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is threatening to hold up the confirmation of President Obama's nominee to direct to Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, "until our questions are answered" about the September attack in Benghazi, Libya.

With Republicans increasingly holding the debt ceiling hostage in an attempt to secure budget cuts, the idea of a statuary debt limit seems foolish and potentially destructive. However, one potential solution seems even more absurd - minting a $1 trillion coin.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) called out House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and the House GOP, and blamed them for the "continued suffering" of New Jerseyans still struggling to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

Video

For the past couple of days I’ve been thinking about that video. You know the one that follows a 20-something white woman as she walks around New York City for 10 hours and receives a bunch of commentary and demands from men she doesn’t know. The video is effective.

Bill Nye the Science Guy has no patience with climate deniers like Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), whom he faced off with on a recent segment of CBS’s Meet The Press. Blackburn blithely dismissed his contention that climate change is real. Then Nye stepped in.

As of Thursday morning, there is only one person undergoing treatment for Ebola in the United States, and only two people have contracted the disease in the U.S., both of whom are healthcare workers who survived.